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Joel Potrykus

Directing · Born 1977-07-10 · Ossineke, Michigan, USA

Biography

Joel Potrykus (born July 10, 1977 in Ossineke, MI, USA) is a writer, director, cinematographer and editor who resides in Grand Rapids, MI. He works with a filmmaking band, Sob Noisse, including long-time collaborator Joshua Burge. He is best known for his award-winning surrealistic black comedies "Ape" (2012) and "Buzzard" (2014).

Known for

Filmography

2026The Thing, The Woods, And IThe Professor (voice)
2026Warak AreeshExecutive Producer
2026Ethereal TormentsExecutive Producer
2026Frontal LobectomyExecutive Producer
2026Cupid's InternExecutive Producer
2025ALTERLIFEExecutive Producer
2025The NookieExecutive Producer
2025VulcanizadoraDerek Skiba
2025PetsDirector
2025Dead WeightExecutive Producer
2025Are We ImmortalExecutive Producer
2025DarkroomExecutive Producer
2024Have a SeatExecutive Producer
2024NuanceExecutive Producer
2024PearDirector
2024No Loitering, PleaseExecutive Producer
2023The Value Of Nothing
2023UnemployeesDirector
2022Too Dead to DieBucky
2022Thing from the Factory by the FieldDirector
2020Life's a Bitch Then You DieJoel the Neighbor
2020Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
2020McDonald's Test Market 447bWriter
2019RelaxerDirector
2018MCA & MeSelf - Narrator (voice)
2017State of Modern LoveSelf
2016Wish You Were HereAdditional Photography
2016Accidental ExorcistDerek
2016The Alchemist CookbookEditor
2015BuzzardDerek
2012ApeDirector
2010CoyoteDirector
2007GordonDirector
2001Mice & MilkDirector
1999Birthday BoyDirector
1999Peter Knows Kelly's the Cool OneDirector
1999The Ludivico TestamentDirector
1998The Ludivico TreatmentDirector
—The Aberdeens are ComingExecutive Producer
—Unholy MotherExecutive Producer
—.44 Caliber Love LetterExecutive Producer
—Three Divided by ZeroDirector
—Soft Hands, Closed FistsExecutive Producer
—Moth, Man!Executive Producer

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